Levy.
A Jewish surname from Hebrew.
Meaning & usage
A Jewish surname from Hebrew.
A male given name.
An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri, United States.
An unincorporated community in Jasper County, South Carolina, United States.
Where this word comes from
From the biblical name Levi. Unlike the biblical spelling, which descended through continuous liturgical traditions that preserved final secondary stress (causing it to shift to IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈliːvaɪ/), the surname was re-introduced into English after the 1650s via French Lévy and German Levy. The pronunciation IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈlɛvi/ arose from assimilation to the common noun levy, while IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈliːvi/ preserves the historical long vowel of the first syllable without final stress.
A surname from Czech.
Where this word comes from
From Czech Levý, from the adjective levý (“left”).
A surname from Irish.
Where this word comes from
Shortening of Irish Mac Duinnshléibhe (“son of the chief on the mountain”), from mac (“son”) + donn (“noble”) + sliabh (“mountain”).
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